Old Habit: Always Having My Hair Done
For years, I had two-and-a-half-foot-long hair that I wore in loose curls every day. Although it's naturally straight, I just preferred the way my hair looked with a little bit of body; done but not too done. Then, I chopped off the majority of it and realised there was a major learning curve to styling my new shorter hair. Surprisingly enough, it took much longer to curl; each twist had to be extra strategic.
New Habit: Letting It Do Its Thing
Unlike my new extended body-care routine, my hair is something I haven't felt compelled to spend time on since I've stopped going into an office every day. Of course, I still enjoy a little curl every once in a while (and by now, it's grown out quite a bit and is easier to style), but I find myself letting it do its thing the majority of the time. Sometimes, I'll add a little bit of an air-dry wave product — i.e. Bumble and Bumble's Surf Style Leave In ($29) — to give it some extra oomph, but most days, I just wake up, maybe throw it in a low messy bun, and go.